This day in military history..

Oct 22
1633 naval Battle of Liaoluo Bay
1707 R.N. Isle of Scilly Disaster
1777 Battle of Red Bank
1790 Battle of the Pumpkin Fields
1862 Battle of Yanassee
1940 Destroyer HMCS Margeree sunk in a collision with British Steamer Port Fairey. Trawler HMS Hickory sunk by mine south of Portland
1941 Trawler HMS Alder wrecked on the east coast of Scotland
1942 U-412 sunk by RAF Wellington north east of the Faroes. Battle of Sukho Island: 3 Luftwaffe Artillery Ferries sunk by Soviet shore batteries, one scuttled. One of those sunk was raised, repaired and put in Soviet service.
1943 Greek Destroyer Adrias loses her bow to a mine and beached, and Destroyer HMS Harworth sunk by a mine, off Kalymnos. Adrias refloated, repaired, returned to service. Trawler HMS Orfasy sunk by U-68 in the Atlantic
1950 Battle of Yongju ends
1955 1st flight F-105
2007 Sri Lankan Air Force Base Raid
 
Oct 23
42 B.C. 2nd Battle of Philippi
1086 Battle of Sagrajas
1157 Battle of Grathe Heath
1641 Irish Rebellion of 1641 begins
1642 Battle of Edge Hill
1739 War of Jenkin's Ear begins
1864 Battle of Westport, Mo
1911 1st military use of an airplane, Italian recon over Turkish lines in Libya
1912 Battle of Kumanovo begins
1939 1st flight Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" Bomber
1941 Destroyer HMS Cossack damaged by U-563, sinks on the 27th.
1942 2nd Battle of El Alamein begins. Battle of Henderson Field begins
1943 U-274 sunk by RAF B-24 and Destroyers HMS Duncan and Vidette south west of Iceland. Cruiser HMS Charybdis sunk by KM Torpedo boats T-23 and 27, Destroyer HMS Linbourne damaged by T-22, scuttled, in the Bay of Biscay. Minesweeper HMS Cromarty sunk by mine in the Straits of Bonifucio
1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf begins: Battle of the Palawan Passage: Cruiser Atago sunk by sub USS Darter and Cruiser Maya sunk by sub USS Dace. Submarine Tender Kimikawa Maru sunk by USS Sawfish in S. China Sea. R.N. LCT 1171 lost, no details. KM Patrol Ship V-5506 sunk by Mosquitos near Bergen. U-985 damaged by a mine off Lister, decommissioned in Norway.
1972 Operation Linebacker ends
1983 USMC and French Army Barracks in Beirut bombed
2002 Moscow Theatre Siege begins
 
Oct 24
69 2nd Battle of Bedriacum
1147 Siege of Leon ends, began 1 July
1812 Battle of Maloyarslavets
1912 Battle of Kumanovo ends
1917 Battle of Caporetto begins
1939 U-16 sunk by Sloop HMS Puffin and Trawler HMS Cayton Wyke in the Dover Strait
1940 KM Weather ship Adolf Vinnen sunk by 3 R.N. Destroyers off Norway
1941 Trawlers HMS Emilion and Lucienne Jeanne sunk by mines in the Thames Estuary
1942 U-599 sunk by RAF B-24 north west of The Azores
1943 Destroyer HMS Eclipse sunk by a mine off Kalymnos. U-566 damaged by a RAF Wellington off The Azores, scuttled. Destroyer Mochitzuki bombed/sunk by USN PBYs south east of Rabaul
1944 KM Patrol ship V-6111 sunk off Norway. U-673 sunk in a collision with U-382. Sub USS Tang sunk by own torpedo in the Formosa Strait. USS Shark sunk by 2 IJN Destroyers in the Luzon Strait. Battle of Leyte Gulf: Sub USS Darter runs aground in the Palawan Passage and is scuttled. Aircraft Carrier Princeton is bombed/scuttled. Fleet Tug USS Sonoma sunk by explosion of Kamakaze that hit a near by Liberty Ship. LCI(L)-1065 lost in Leyte Gulf. Destroyer Wakaba bombed/sunk west of Panay. Battleship Musashi bombed/sunk in the Sibuyan Sea
1973 Yom Kippur War ends
 
Oct 25
1147 Battle of Dorylaeum
1415 Battle of Agincourt
1747 2nd Battle of Cape Finesterre
1812 HMS Macedonian captured by USS United States
1822 Siege of Missolonghi begins
1854 Battle of Balaclava
1864 Battle of Mine Creek
1939 U-16 sunk by Sloop HMS Puffin and Trawler Cayton Wyke in the English Channel
1940 Trawler HMS Lord Inchcape sunk by mine off Plymouth, raised, repaired, returned to service. Trawler HMS Duthies bombed/sunk at Montrose
1941 Minesweeper HMS Latana bombed/sunk by JU-87s in the Med. Italian sub Galileo Ferraris damaged by RAF sub and a Destroyer and scuttled west of Gibraltar
1942 Fleet Tug USS Seminole and Patrol Boat YP-284 sunk by 3 IJN Destroyers off Tulagi. Cruiser Yura bombed/scuttled off Guadalcanal
1943 Trawler HMS William Stephens sunk by E Boat S-74, and S-63 and 88 sunk by MGBs 603 and 607, off Cromer. Italian Minesweeper RD 22 sunk by mine off Brindisi
1944 R.N. Minesweeper BYMS 2077 sunk by mine in Gulf of Corinth. R.N. LCT 1045 sank in the English Channel. Sub USS Tang sunk by own torpedo in the Formosa Strait. KM Minesweeper R-250 sunk by British aircraft in Bassfjord. KM Sub Chaser UJ-2110 scuttled at Salonika. Destroyer HMCS Skeena wrecked on Iceland in a storm. Battle of Leyte Gulf: IJN losses: Carriers Chiyoda, Chitose, Zuiho, and Zuikaku, Battleships Fuso and Yamashiro, Cruisers Chikuma, Chokai, Mogami, Suzuya, Tama, destroyers Akizuki, Asugumo, Hatsuzuki, Michishio, Wakaba. US Losses: Carriers St. Lo and Gambier Bay, Destroyers Hoel and Johnston, Destroyer Escort Samuel B. Roberts, PT-493
1983 US invades Grenada
 
26 Oct
1597 naval Battle of Myeongnyang
1813 Battle of Chateauguay
1912 Thessaloniki surrenders to the Greeks.
1917 Brazil declares War on the Central Powers
1940 1st flight P-51
1941 CAM ship HMS Ariguani damaged by U-83, repaired and sold into merchant service 1944
1942 Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. Carrier USS Hornet and Destroyer USS Porter sunk. Battle of Henderson Field ends.
1943 1st flight Do-335 fighter. Italian MTB MS-15 sunk by German aircraft at Leros. Tug HMS Tien Hsing sinks off Egypt in the Red Sea after hitting a reef.
1944 Norwegian Corvette Rose rammed/sunk by Frigate HMS Manners east of Newfoundland. KM Minesweeper M-433 bombed/sunk off Norway. R.N. Motor Launch ML 579 bombed/sunk at Leros. R.N. MTB 669 sunk by KM ships off Norway. Battle of Leyte Gulf ends: IJN losses: Cruisers Kinu, Noroshiro, Abukuma, sub I-26, Destroyers Nowaki, Urinami, and Hayashimo, Landing Ship T-102.
2002 Moscow Theatre Siege ends
 
Oct 27
1644 2nd Battle of Newbury
1864 Ironclad CSS Albemarle sunk in the Roanoke River by Lt. Cushing using a spar torpedo on a steam launch. Battle of the Boydton Plank Road begins.
1870 Siege of Metz ends
1914 Battleship HMS Audacious sunk by mine off Ireland
1916 Battle of Segale
1942 R.N. LCT 2281 lost as cargo when Whaling Factory ship SS Sourabaya is sunk by a U-Boat. U-436 sunk by RAF B-17 south of Iceland.
1944 U-1060 damaged by R.N. and RAF aircraft, beached at Bronnoysund. Destroyers Fujinami and Shiranuhi sunk with all hands by USN aircraft off Panay.
1981 Soviet sub S-363 runs aground off Sweden, "Whiskey on the rocks" Incident
 
Oct 28
312 Battle of Milvian Bridge
456 Visigoths sack Braga
1516 Battle of Yaunis Khan
1531 Battle of Amba Sel
1628 Siege of La Rochelle ends (began 9/27)
1664 British Royal Marines est.
1776 Battle of White Plains
1864 Battle of Boydton Plank Road ends
1940 Italy invades Greece. Trawler HMS Harvest Gleaner bombed/sunk off Norfolk.
1941 KM Flackship V-309 sunk by mine off Ventspils, Latvia
1942 R.N. LCT 2190, 2192, and 2284 were lost as deck cargo when SS Kosmos II was sunk by U-606 and U-624
1943 U-220 sunk by aircraft from USS Block Island. R.N. LCT 115 was lost in the Med.
1944 Destroyer escort USS Eversole sunk by IJN sub I-46. I-45 sunk by Destroyers USS Gridley & Helm
1962 Cuban Missile Crisis ends
 
Oct 30
1137 Battle of Rignano
1270 Siege of Tunis ends
1340 Battle of Rio Saludo
1657 Battle of Ocho Rios
1806 Stettin surrenders to the French
1863 Gunboat USS Undine and 2 transports captured by Forrest's CS Cavalry.
1939 Armed Boarding Vessel HMS Northern Rover sunk by U-59 north west of the Orkneys
1940 U-32 sunk by Destroyers HMS Harvester and Highlander north west of Ireland. Destroyer HMS Sturdy wrecked off Tiree, Inner Hebrides. R.N. ML 109 sunk by mine in The Humber
1941 Soviet sub Kalev sunk by mine off Hanko
1942 U-520 sunk by RCAF B-18 east of Newfoundland. U-559 sunk by 5 R.N. Destroyers, Enigma machine and materials captured before she sinks. U-658 sunk by RCAF Hudson east of Newfoundland
1943 Soviet MTBs TK-75 and 134 sunk by KM Minesweeper M-16 in the Baltic.
1944 KM Minelayer Zeus bombed/sunk at Thessaloniki. Minesweeper R-210 scuttled at Salonika. R.N. LCT 936 damaged beyond repair at Lowestoft
 
Oct 31
1914 Russia and the United Kingdom declare War on the Ottomans
1917 Battle of Beersheba
1940 Battle of Britain ends. R.N. MTB 16 sunk by mine off Clecton-on-Sea. Trawler HMS Wardour sunk by mine in North Sea.
1941 Destroyer USS Reuben James sunk by U-552 off Iceland
1942 R.N. MTB 87 sunk by mine in North Sea.
1943 Soviet Minesweeper SKA-088 sunk by U-24 off Gagra. U-306 sunk by Destroyer HMS Whitehall and Corvette HMS Geranium north east of the Azores. U-584 sunk by aircraft from USS Card. U-732 sunk by Trawler HMS Imperialist & Destroyer HMS Douglas off Tangier
1944 IJN Oceanographic Research ship Kaiyo No. 6 sunk by sub USS Gabilan in the Kii Strait. Soviet Landing Craft SB-2 sunk by U-475 off Osmussaar, Estonia. KM Trawlers GA-78 and 79, and Minesweepers R-185 and 195, scuttled at Salonika
 
Nov 1
365 Alamanni invade Gaul
1214 Sinope surrenders to Seljuk Turks
1861 US Navy expedition to capture Port Royal, S.C. is temporarily scattered by a storm that sinks USS Sabine off N. Carolina
1914 naval Battle of Coronel
1940 Trawler HMS Tilbury Ness bombed/sunk in the Thames Estuary. Trawler HMS Torbay II bombed/sunk in The Downs.
1942 4th Battle of the Matanikau begins.
1943 US troops invade Bouginville at Empress Augusta Bay. KM Patrol ships are destroyed by Norwegian MTBs, V-5525 beached & burned & V-5531 sunk with all hands. Escort ship SG 20 damaged by mine in Genoa Harbor. U-405 sunk by ramming by Destroyer USS Borie, Borie is damaged. Aux Sub Chaser CHa-13 sunk by US aircraft off the Shortland Islands.
1944 British troops invade Walcherin Island. Frigate HMS Whitaker has her bow blown off by the forward magazine exploding when torpedoed by U-483 off Ireland, not repaired & scrapped after the war. Destroyer USS Abner Read sunk by Kamakaze in Leyte Gulf. US LCI (L)-684 lost in the Philippines. KM Torpedo Boat TA 20 and Sub Chasers UJ 202 and 208 sunk by Destroyers HMS Avon Vale and Wheatland off Yugoslavia.
 
Nov 2
1899 Siege of Ladysmith begins
1940 Battle of Elia-Kalamas begins. U-31 sunk by Destroyer HMS Antelope north west of Ireland. R.N. Trawler HMS Rinovia sunk by mine off Falmouth
1943 Battle of Empress Augusta Bay: Cruiser Sendai and Destroyer Hatsukaze sunk. U-340 sunk by Sloop HMS Fleetwood and Destroyers Active and Withington off Tangiers. Minesweeper W-26 bombed by 5th Air Force B-25s at Rabaul and beached. Soviet MTBs TK-106 and 146 sunk by KM Minesweepers in the Baltic
1944 R.N. LCTs 7011, 839, and 789 lost off Walcherin. Trawler HMS Colsay sunk by Neger manned torpedo device off Ostend. Trawler HMS Northcoats sinks while under tow at unknown location
1947 1st and only flight Hughes H-4 Hercules
 
3 Nov
1812 Battle of Vyazma
1867 Battle of Mentana
1883 Battle of El Obeid begins
1918 Austria-Hungary signs armistice with the Allies. German Revolution of 1918-19 begins
1940 Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS Laurentic sunk by U-99 west of Ireland
1941 Patrol Ship HMS Ouzel sunk with all hands by a mine east of Maplethorp. KM Patrol ship UJ-1213 sunk by HMS Trident in Honningsvaag. KM Minesweeper M-511 sunk by mine off Kolobrzeg
1942 Battle of Koli Point. Tug HMS Baia sinks while in tow between Mombasa and Mogadishu.
1943 Italian MTB MS-33 shelled and sunk off Rescari
1944 R.N. Motor Launch ML 147 damaged beyond repair off Portmouth. Destroyer Akikaze sunk with all hands by sub USS Pintado when she intercepted torpedoes launched at Carrier Junyo.
1967 Battle of Dak To begins
 
4 Nov
1429 Siege of Saint-Pierre-le-Moutiere ends
1576 Siege of Antwerp ends. Sack of Antwerp begins
1791 Battle of the Wabash
1798 Siege of Cotfu begins
1864 Battle of Johnsonville: Captured Gunboat USS Undine burned to prevent recapture.
1940 Armed Merchant Cruiser Patroclus sunk by U-99 west of Ireland
1941 R.N. LCTs 105 and 109 lost in Home Waters
1942 U-132 sunk by the explosion of SS Hatimura south east of Cape Farewell. Sub RO-65 sinks in a diving accident in Kiska Harbor
1943 R.N. LCT 583 lost in the Med. R.N. MTB 606 sunk by KM vessels off Holland. Survey ship Tsukushi sunk by mine off Kavieng, New Ireland. Aux. Sub Chaser CHa-30 sunk by US aircraft off Bouganville
1944 Minesweeper W-5 sunk by sub HMS Terrapin in the Molacca Strait. KM Torpedo Boat TA-49 bombed/sunk at La Spezia.
1956 Soviets invade Hungary
1979 Iran Hostage Crisis begins
 
Nov 5
1556 2nd Battle of Panipat
1688 William of Orange invades England
1757 Battle of the Wabash, Battle of Rossbach
1780 LaBlame's Defeat
1854 Battle of Inkerman
1940 Armed Merchant cruiser HMS Jervis Bay sunk by Cruiser Admiral Hipper south west of Iceland
1941 Soviet Destroyer Smetlivyi sunk by mine or Finnish Coast Artillery near Hanko
1942 Soviet sub ShCh-305 rammed/sunk by Finnish sub Vetehinen, only sub to be sunk by ramming by another sub in WWII. U-408 sunk by USN PBY north of Iceland.
1943 E Boat S-39 sunk by aircraft. U-848 sunk south west of Ascension Island by USN PB4Ys and US Army B-25s
1944 Cruiser Nachi and Patrol Boat PB-107 sunk by US Carrier aircraft near entrance to Manila Bay. PT-320 sunk by Kamakaze off Leyte.
1950 Battle of Pakchon
2009 Ft. Hood Terror attack
 
Nov 6
1632 Battle of Lutzen
1863 Battle of Droop Mountain
1865 CSS Shenandoah surrenders to HMS Donegal at Liverpool, last CS military unit to surrender
1935 1st flight Hawker Hurricane
1940 Whaler HMS Sevra sunk by mine off Falmouth. Trawler HMS Girl Helen sunk by mine off Newcastle. Italian sub Commandante Faa di Bruno sunk by Destroyers HMS Harvester and HMCS Ottawa south west of Ireland
1941 Trawler HMS Flotta, wrecked on the east coast of Scotland on Oct 29, sinks.
1942 R.N. MGB 19 bombed/sunk at Oulton Bend. Italian Minelayer Selve bombed/sunk at Benghazi by British aircraft.
1943 Destroyer USS Beatty torpedoed/sunk by JU-88s off Algeria. U-226 sunk by 3 R.N. Sloops. U-842 sunk by Sloops HMS Starling and Wild Goose. Sub Chaser CH-11 bombed/sunk by B-25s west of Buka
1944 R.N. LCT 609 sank in a storm off Ostend
1948 Battle of Xu-Beng begins
1951 Soviets shoot down USN P2V off Siberia
 
7 Nov
1428 Battle of Tot Dong-Chuc Dong
1811 Battle of Tippecanoe
1861 Battle of Port Royal. Battle of Belmont
1863 Battle of Kelly's Ford
1900 Battle of Leliefontein
1914 Japan captures Tsingtao from Germany
1917 Battles of Hareira and Sheria
1940 HMS Swordfish sunk by mine off the Isle of Wight. Vichy French sub Poncelet damaged by Sloop HMS Milford and scuttled off Gabon. Free French Minesweeper Poulmic sunk by mine off Portsmouth. Trawler HMS William Wesney sunk by mine off Orford. Trawler HMS Reed sunk by mine in the Thames Estuary. KM Torpedo Boat T-6 sunk by mine off Kinnaird Head.
1941 Soviet Hospital ship Armenia bombed/sunk by an HE-111 in the Black Sea.
1942 IJN midget sub HA-11 ran aground and scuttled off Marovovo Island, Guadalcanal. Italian sub Antonio Sciesa bombed/damaged at Tobruk, scuttled on the 12th.
1944 USS Albacore sunk by mine off Hokkaido. R.N. LCT 976 sank near the mouth of the Schelde. R.N. LCT 420 sunk by mine in the English Channel.
 
Nov 8
960 Battle of Andrassos
1620 Battle of White Mountain
1936 Siege of Madrid begins
1940 Battle of Elaia-Kalamas ends. Dutch Sub O-XXII Sunk by KN Sub Chasers UJ-117 and UJ-1102 off Lindesnes. R.N. Rescue Tug HMS Muria sunk with all hands by a mine off North Foreland. Whaler HMS A.N.2 sunk by mine off Falmouth. Norwegian Fisheries Protection ship Fridtjof Nansen ran aground and sank at Jan Mayen.
1941 Trawler HMS Monarda sunk by mine in the Thames Estuary
1942 US/UK invade French North Africa: Destroyer HMS Broke damaged, sinks on the 10th. Destroyer HMS Hartland sunk. Sloop HMS Walney sunk. Vichy French Subs Acteon, Amphitrite, Argonaute, Destroyers Brestois, Fougoeux, Frondeur, Milan, Boulonnais Tornade, and Tramontame, Cruiser Primauguet sunk. Aux. Gunboat Keiko Maru sunk by USS Seawolf in Davao Gulf
1944 Sub USS Growler sunk by Desyroyer Shigure and Frigates Chiburi and CD-19. Torpedo Boat Sagi sunk by sub USS Gunnel off Luzon. R.N. Motor Launch ML 916 sunk by mine off The Netherlands.
1950 F-80 shoots down 2 Mig-15s, 1st jet to jet kills
1965 Battle of Gang Toi
2004 2nd Batte of Fallujah begins
 
9 Nov
1313 Battle of Gammelsdorf
1330 Battle of Posada begins
1688 William of Orange captures Exeter
1780 Battle of Fishdam Ford
1822 boats from USS Alligator capture Pirate ship Revenge and recapture 5 prizes in Cuba
1914 Cruiser SMS Emden is damaged/beached on Direction Island in the Indian Ocean by HMAS Sydney
1940 Vichy French Sloop Bouganville sunk by Free French Sloop Sovorgnan de Brazza, and V.F. sub Poncelet damaged by Sloop HMS Milford and scuttled, off Gabon
1941 Trawler HMS Boy Andrew sunk in a collision in the Firth of Forth. Italian Destroyers Libeccio and Fulmine sunk by R.N. warships in the Med.
1942 Minesweeper HMS Cromer sunk by mine off Mersa Matruh. Operation Torch: Corvette HMS Gardinia sunk in a collision with Trawler HMS Fluellen off Oran. Vichy French Subs Ariane, Danae and Diane, Destroyers Epervier and Typhon sunk. Italian sub Granito sunk by sub HMS Saracen north west of Palermo.
1943 R.N. MTB 230 sunk in a collision with MTB 222 in the North Sea. U-707 sunk by RAF B-17 east of the Azores. Romanian MTBs Viroful and Vijelia sunk by explosion of Hungarian Ammo ship Ungvar off Ochalov in the Black Sea.
1944 U-537 sunk by USS Flounder in the Java Sea. KM Minesweeper MRS 3 sank in a storm off The Netherlands, raised, repaired, returned to service.
 
Nov 10
1202 Siege of Zara begins
1444 Battle of Varna
1580 Siege of Smerwick ends
1659 Battle of Pratapgad
1702 Siege of St. Augustine begins
1775 Contenental Marines Est.
1940 Trawler Kingston Alalite sunk by mine off Plymouth. Boom Defence Vessel HMS Marcelle sunk by mine in the Bristol Channel.
1942 Sub I-15 sunk by Destroyer-Minesweeper USS Southard off San Cristobal Island. Operation Torch: Italian sub Emo sunk by Trawler HMS Lord Nuffield off Algiers. Sloop HMS Ibis sunk by Italian torpedo planes near Algiers. Destroyer HMS Martin sunk by U-431 off Algeria. Vichy French Battleship Jean Bart bombed/sunk by USN aircraft in Casablanca Harbor. Vichy French Sub Meduse sunk by spotter plane from USS Philedelphia.
1943 R.N. MTB 222 sank from damage sustained in a collision with MTB 230 in the North Sea the day before. U-966 sunk by RAF B-24s, Wellingtons and USN PB4Ys in the Bay of Biscay off Cape Ortugal
1944 IJN Patrol Boat PB-46 sunk by sub USS Greenling off Japan. Frigate CD-11 bombed by B-25s, beached. Ammo Ship USS Mount Hood explodes at Manus killing 432 & sinking 13 LSMs and damaging many more ships. PT-321 runs aground in San Isidro Bay, Leyte, and is scuttled.
1945 Battle of Sorabaya begins
 
Nov 11
1673 Battle of Khotyn
1778 Cherry Valley Massacre
1805 Battle of Durenstein
1813 Battle of Crysler's Farm
1864 Sherman begins destroying Rome and Atlanta Ga.
1918 Germany signs armistice with the Allies
1919 Battle of Riga
1940 Trawler HMS Stella Orion sunk by mine in the Thames Estuary. Taranto Air Raid: Italian Battleships Andrea Doria, Conte di Cavour, and Littorio sunk
1941 U-580 sunk in a collision with KM Target Ship Angelburg off Lithuania
1942 Transport USS Joseph Hewes sunk by U-173, and Vichy French sub Sidi Ferruch sunk by aircraft from USS Suwanee, both off Fedhala Roads. Sub HMS Unbeaten sunk by RAF Wellington in the Bay of Biscay. Armed Merchant Cruiser Hokoku Maru sunk by Minesweeper HMIS Bengal and Dutch merchant tanker Undina in the Indian Ocean.
1943 R.N. Harbor Defence Motor Launches HDML 1244 and 1289 lost as cargo when SS Indian Prince is torpedoed/sunk by German aircraft north off Oran. Destroyer Suzunami sunk by USN aircraft at Rabaul. Italian MTB MAS 555 scuttled by shore batteries off Leros.
1944 IJN Supply ship Kurusaki sunk by sub USS Raton west of Luzon. Minesweeper W-22 sunk by mine at Palau. US Carrier aircraft wipe out a convoy sinking all 4 transports and Destroyers Hamanami, Naganami, Shimakaze and Wakatsuki and Minesweeper W-30 in Ormac Bay, Leyte. Sub USS Scamp sunk by a bomber and Frigate CD-4 north east of Hachijo Island, Japan. U-773 sunk by sub HMS venture near Horten. U-1200 sunk by 4 R.N. Corvettes south of Ireland.
 
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